Fourth Annual Monster Ball raises $1174 for Sandite Special Olympics
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The Fourth Annual Monster Ball softball game was very nearly canceled for the second straight year, but after a week-long weather delay, the event was finally held Wednesday, November 4th at the Sandite Softball Complex. The event looked a lot different from past years, but was still a major success, raising $1,174 for Sandite Special Olympics.
In past years the costumed slow pitch game pitted the Sandite Softball and Baseball teams against each other, with the boys batting with their non-dominant hand. The Lady Sandites won the first and third events, but the boys will have to wait till next year to try and tie the series. Due to COVID-related quarantines, the softball team was shorthanded and both teams had mixed rosters this year.
Sully, from Monsters Inc., hit a leadoff homer over the right field fence to start the game, and his team would go on to win the game 6-2. He hit another home run in the fifth inning, and Rocky Balboa also had a dinger.
A dizzy bat race was held after three innings, and anyone in the crowd could pay $3 to enter someone else into the race. Todd Stewart and Morgan Powell won their heats and Stewart won the finals race.
